The fall meeting of the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College was held on
October 21, 1965, at 11:00 a.m., in the Conference Room of the Bird Administration
Building with the following members present:Jonathan Woody, ChairmanJ. R. Buchanan, Vice-ChairmanMorgan CooperSam Ervin, IIISenator Frank ForsythArnold HydeTom MalloneeDr. Charles Van GorderModeal WalshBoyce WhitmireE. J. Whitmire

President Reid presented the minutes of the spring meeting of the Board of Trustees
which was held on June 9, 1965; the minutes of the Building Committee held on October
9, 1965 and the minutes of a joint meeting of the Executive Committee and Building
Committee held on June 29, 1965. A motion was made by Mr. Mallonee that these minutes
be approved and become a part of the permanent record book. This motion was seconded
by Senator Forsyth and unanimously passed.

President Reid next introduced the four division heads of the administration: Dr.
W. N. Turner, Dean; Professor Taylor Huskins, Dean of Student Affairs; Dr. Guy Burchfiel,
Director of Public Relations and Summer School; Mr. James E. Kirkpatrick, Business
Manager, with each giving a brief oral summary of the year's activities, accompanied
by a mimeographed report (See Exhibits #1-4 on file in the President's Office).

President Reid presented the enrollment for fall quarter 1965; the enrollment prospects
for fall 1966 and a copy of Western Carolina College in Brief. He also presented each
member with a copy of the State Audit Report.

Mr. Brown gave a brief report on the current building program and the progress being
made for the purchase of the Cox Farm.

Upon motion by Mr. Mallonee, seconded by Mr. Cooper, the following resolution was
unanimously passed:

That the Board go on record as approving the Faculty Housing Project and that the
Board of Trustees herby authorizes theChairman of the Board and/or the President,
as required, to execute on behalf of Western Carolina College all applications, bonds,
reports, agreements and other instruments, letters, wiring, and papers, and to bind
WCC as to all agreements made in connection herewith, and to do all acts for the principal
in dealings with the Housing and Home Finance Agency and/or other financing agencies;
the Advisory Budget Commission, the Attorney General of North Carolina; the Budget
Bureau; the Local Government Commission; and any other agency required in c connection
with the application for loans of $280,000 for construction of 20 apartments on a
100% self-liquidating basis.

Be it further resolved that the Business Manager of Western Carolina College be empowered
to employ the law firm of Reed, Hoyt, Mashburn and McCarthy to handle the sale of
bonds for the project.

Mr. James E. Kirkpatrick, Business Manager, next presented the following resolution:

Resolved that the Chairman of the Board and/or the President of the College be authorized
to borrow money from any banking or financial institution for the purpose of procuring
temporary financing to pay legal, architectural, construction and other costs pending
the issuance of $2,280,000 permanent Western Carolina College Dormitory System Revenue
Bonds, and to execute on behalf of WCC all applications, notes, assignments and any
other instruments required by the lending institution in this connection.

Be it further resolved that the Business Manager of Western Carolina College be empowered
to employ the law firm of Reed, Hoyt, Mashburn and McCarthy to handle the sale of
bonds for the Dormitory Project.

A motion was made by Mr. Ervin, seconded by Mr. Buchanan, unanimously approving this
resolution.

A motion was made by Mr. Buchanan that the following resolution be passed:

Be it resolved that the Business Manager of Western Carolina College be empowered
to employ the law firm of Reed, Hoyt, Mashburn and McCarthy to handle the sale of
bonds for the Health & Physical Education Project.

This motion was seconded by Senator Forsyth and unanimously passed.

Upon motion by Mr. Mallonee, seconded by Mr. Ervin, the Board unanimously adopted
the following resolution:

WHEREAS General Statute 116-143 was amended by Chapter 903, Session Laws of 1965,
to authorize the Board of Trustees of state institutions of higher education, in their
discretion, to provide regulations under which a full-time faculty member of the rank
of full-time instructor or above, and any fulltime staff member, may during the period
of normal employment enroll for courses in their respective institutions free of charge
for tuition, provided such enrollment does not interfere with normal employment obligations,
be it

RESOLVED that the Board go on record approving this privilege as of the registration
for the fall quarter 1965. It is understood that fees other than tuition are not waived
by this resolution.

Mr. Kirkpatrick next presented the following recommended capital improvement projects
to be requested of the 1967 General Assembly:

A motion was made by Dr. Van Gorder, seconded by Mr. Walsh, unanimously approving
the capital improvement requests.

A motion was made by Mr. Ervin that the Building Committee of the Board of Trustees
be empowered to employ architects and engineers as they deem desirable for the 1967
building projects and in order to expedite advanced planning as recommended by the
Department of Administration for the preparation of the 1967 requests to the General
Assembly they are to use any surplus funds as permitted by the state to proceed with
the preliminary plans or completed plans and specifications prior to the submission
of the requests in January 1966. This motion was seconded by Mr. B. Whitmire and passed.

President Reid presented to the Board a list of personnel for which contracts have
been issued since the June meeting. Upon motion by Dr. Van Gorder, seconded by Mr.
Walsh, the Board unanimously approved the additional instructional personnel. (See
Exhibit #7 on file in the President's Office)

Upon motion by Mr. B. Whitmire, seconded by Mr. Ervin, the Board unanimously approved
the appointment of Professor W. B. Harrill as Professor Emeritus of Education.

President Reid next announced the appointment of the Graduate Director, Dr. Maurice
B. Morrill.

Mr. Brown presented to the Board a request for an exchange of property between the
college and the Cullowhee Methodist Church. The church requested the exchange in order
to give more room on the hill back of the present church for the construction of a
new parsonage to replace the present one in the congested area of the post office.
In exchange for the needed space for the parsonage the church would deed to the college
an acceptable amount of property between Albright-Benton Dormitory and the southern
end of the present Methodist Church building. This would give the college added street
frontage for the development of a driveway for access to the service area of Albright-Benton
Dormitory complex.

Upon a motion by Mr. E. J. Whitmire, seconded by Mr. B. Whitmire, the Board unanimously
approved the exchange of said property.